The Water Girl

1927

Zoltan Sepeshy American, 1898-1974

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About the Artwork

Title The Water Girl

Artwork Date 1927

Artist Zoltan Sepeshy

Life Dates 1898-1974

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. American

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Paint on canvas

Dimensions Overall: 44 1/4 × 37 3/4 inches (112.4 × 95.9 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department Contemporary Art after 1950

Credit Gift of Irwin Cohn

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 50.64

Markings

Signed Signed, lower right: R ZOLTAN SEPESHY 1927

Inscriptions Inscribed, dated, lower right: 1927

Provenance

1950-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Annual Exhibition. Exh. cat, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Philadelphia, 1928, no. 334.

Arts and Crafts in Detroit. Exh. cat., Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1976, p. 241, no. 322.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Zoltan Sepeshy, The Water Girl, 1927, paint on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Irwin Cohn, 50.64.

Sea Gulls

Multiple makers

1948

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Sea Gulls

Multiple makers

c. 1948

Summer Waters

Zoltan Sepeshy

1925

Donkey and Wagon

Zoltan Sepeshy

1926

Michigan Winter

Zoltan Sepeshy

1930

Peggy

Zoltan Sepeshy

ca. 1930

Marine Still Life

Zoltan Sepeshy

1946

Insertion Band

American

early 20th century

No Available Image

Pattern and Sample Book for Girl's Clothing

Mary Cummings

between 1910 and 1935

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Scarf

American

1925

No Available Image

Pink Bouquet

Anonymous

1928

No Available Image

Coat

Elizabeth Hawes

1937

No Available Image

Dress

Elizabeth Hawes

1937

No Available Image

Dress

American

c. 1947

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The Water Girl

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